How It Happened
Rhode island's season came to an end Sunday following a pair of losses at Saint Joseph's. After dropping a close contest in the opener, 2-0, the Rams (11-35, 4-19 Atlantic 10) fell in the nightcap, 20-2.
Game 1 – Saint Joseph's 2, Rhode island 0
Despite getting at least one runner on base in every inning, Rhode Island could not get any runs against pitcher Amanda Herr. The Rams had a 7-5 edge in hits and had runners in scoring position in five different innings.
The Hawks got a single run in the third when Madison Fife singled in Jordan Hinkle. Kaelin Cash added an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth with an RBI single that drove in Sarah Cancila.
Game 2 – Saint Joseph's 20, Rhode Island 2 (5 inn.)
The Hawks (22-21, 14-8 A-10) put this one out of reach early, scoring five runs in the first and third innings while building an 11-0 lead after three innings. URI got its first run of the day on a sacrifice fly by
Cassie Swenson that drove in
Skyler Rapuano in the top of the fourth, but that was as close as the score got. Saint Joseph's removed all doubt with a nine-run bottom of the fourth that included seven hits and a pair of Rhody errors.
Inside the Box Scores
- Junior Skyler Rapuano led the offense with three hits and one run scored on the day.
- Sophomore Ainsley Yoshizumi was 2-for-2 with a double, single and a hit by pitch.
- Junior Ari Castillo had a double, single and one RBI.
- Junior Rachel Zingerman had two singles and one run scored. She finished the season batting a team-high .307 with 20 runs scored.
- Freshman Leilyn Alvarez had a pair of singles. She ended the season having reached base in six consecutive games.
- Sophomore Vicki Viaclovsky had a double.
- Junior Rachel Zingerman finished with 337 putouts for the season, the second-highest total in program history. Only Gwen Rack (407 in 2001) had more in one year.
- Junior Liz Lynchard appeared in 35th game Sunday, the most by any Rhode Island pitcher since Caitlin Kennedy made 36 appearances in 2015.
- Lynchard ended the year with 118 strikeouts, the eighth-best single-season total in program history.